Hillary Clinton: More Gov't Spending Will Make College Cheaper, Somehow!
Calls for more state and federal spending on administrative services.
Education
Teen Locked Up for 40 Days Because He (Allegedly) Threw a Snowball Sues Cops, School
No eyewitnesses, no evidence he did it.
Growing U.S. Support for Book Banning and Book Ratings Systems
Is the trigger warning crowd to blame?
Public School Teacher Rebecca Friedrichs: "I Never Asked the Union to Represent Me."
A California teacher is taking her fight with organized labor all the way to the Supreme Court.
Federal Judge Rejects Attempt to Extend Discrimination Protection to Transgender Student
It's a case about public school bathrooms.
School System Wants $77K from Michigan Mom to Fulfill Her FOIA Request | Updated!
Sherry Smith just wants to know how the school system decided on placement for her special-needs son.
Mayor de Blasio's Plan to Fix the Schools: Humiliate All the Teachers. Fire None of Them.
A union-led plan to help struggling schools treats teachers like cattle.
Judge Allows Parents to Force Charter Takeover of Poorly Performing Elementary School
Struggling Palm Lane Elementary School in Anaheim, California, will see new management.
LA Public Schools Still Searching for a Reason to Fire Their Most Effective Teacher
Soul-crushing bureaucracy.
A Bill Seeks to Halt Charter School Expansion in New Jersey
The teachers union fights to preserve its monopoly.
'Free' Community College Already Costs 50 Percent More than Originally Estimated
Draft legislation incentivizes annual tuition increases and more administration.
Common Core's Corporate Backers Admit Widespread Failure of Textbooks
Central planning sucks.
Teacher Stomped on the Flag During Lesson About Free Speech. He Was Fired.
Teaching kids all the wrong lessons
Supreme Court Will Hear Mandatory Dues Case, Could Cripple Teachers Unions Next Year
Teachers who don't agree with their union's politics have to pay up anyway.
Michelle Obama's America: Salt 'Black Markets' Arise in School Cafeterias
Kids need flavor packets to cope with federal guidelines
California Teachers Unions Fight for Their Special Privileges Against Students' Right to a Good Education
The students' side files their appeals brief in the historical Vergara case overturning teacher firing practices that harm kids.
LA School District Wants to Destroy the World's Greatest Teacher Over Harmless Joke
Public schools punish good educators
Award-Winning Teacher Removed from Class for Reading Mark Twain
More incompetence from Los Angeles Unified Schools.
School Won't Let 4.3 GPA Student Give Valedictorian Speech, Made Him Take Psych Eval Instead
He tried to talk to his counselor but was accused of making a threat.
Hillary Clinton's Dangerous Student Loan Rhetoric
Bill Clinton offered a tradeoff, while Hillary Clinton may be offering a handout.
5 Things to Know About Jeb Bush's Campaign for President
Get up to speed while you wait for his official announcement to begin.
How To End Poverty in the South Bronx
Icahn charter schools are helping to change one of the poorest parts of America. Here's how.
Jail for Missed Days at School? The Madness of Truancy Laws.
The state finds ever more ways to menace you with imprisonment...for your own good.
Friday A/V Club: Vintage Metric Propaganda to Warm Lincoln Chafee's Heart
Plus an anti-metrification argument from the Whole Earth Catalog's Stewart Brand
Increasing Social Mobility Is Hard. Here's Why That's Not Changing Any Time Soon.
We shouldn't choose policies based on how they make us feel. And yet...
Nevada Residents Get Tax Dollars Back to Pay for Schools of Their Choice
The high priests of the House of Fail do not approve
Kids in Police-Run Youth Camp Allegedly Beaten, Threatened By Cops
Officer allegedly stood on hand, broke fingers
School: You Will Be Jailed for Cheering Too Loudly at Graduation
Arrest warrants were issued
Average IQ Scores Have Risen 30 Points During the Past 100 Years
Did folks back in 1900 really have IQs averaging 70 points?
Vince Vaughn Celebrates Snowden, Denounces Drug War, and Defends Guns in Schools!
True Detective star calls Edward Snowden "a hero," the drug war "fucking ridiculous," and denounces gun free school zones.
This Senior Prank Was Dumb, But Should the Students Face Felony Bomb Scare Charges?
Alarm clocks, not explosives
This is Why High School Sucks for so Many Kids: 16 Yr Old Photog Threatened by Admin for Selling Pics
Texas' Flower Mound HS opens news fronts on the war on students and on photography.
Is the Student Loan Bubble Starting to Pop?
For-profit colleges close after feds turn off easy loan spigot
